Money Counts Training

Debt and MoneyEnergy and BillsChildren and Families
Written By Joan Lawrie

Money Counts training | NHS Highland (scot.nhs.uk)

Click on the above link to access how to apply to sign up to Level 1 and Level 2

The course aims to build the confidence of community workers to offer income maximisation help and advice and explains how to ask about money worries and where and how to refer for support.

Money Counts course information and Worrying About Money?

Level 1

Level 1 is aimed at anyone who is in a position to have a brief conversation with individuals around money worries. The course aims to build the confidence of staff to offer income maximisation help and explains how to ask about money worries and where and how to refer for support.

Course length: 45 mins

Level 2

Level 2 aims to increase confidence of staff working with people that may benefit from income maximisation help. It aims to increase staff’s understanding of poverty and the importance of asking about money worries, and what support services are available what they can offer.

Joan Lawrie

Joan has worked for Thurso Community Development Trust since its inception in 2018. Firstly as a volunteer project officer before taking on the role of Development Officer and now Development Manager. Joan has a BA Child & Youth Studies, a BSc (Hons) Sustainable Development and is currently working on an MSc Net Zero Communities all through University of the Highlands & Islands.

Joan is passionate about the link between climate action projects and how these can help to solve issues around inequalities in our communities. She also constantly likes to think around how we can do differently to be the change.

https://hiclimatehub.co.uk/joanlawrie
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